Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Commentary on the Treatise of Rebirth
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It is not wrong to say that wholesome rewards result from wholesome deeds, and unwholesome retributions result from unwholesome deeds. However, whether it is a wholesome reward or an unwholesome retribution, we are unable to liberate ourselves from reincarnation. Thus, ceasing reincarnation and becoming a Buddha is unattainable through the merit and virtues caused by human and celestial karma.
What we pursue today is the end of reincarnation and becoming a Buddha. When pursuing these goals, wholesome karma is false and unreal.
This teaching is always misinterpreted. People think they need not do good things or accumulate virtues. It is not like that. We keep doing good and accumulating virtues in this world, because it is our moral duty and responsibility as a human being, and as a Buddhist. We must do good things in accord with our capacities and our role under the allowable conditions, even though we know they are within the scope of human and celestial rewards.
「善有善報,惡有惡報」固然不錯,但是不論是善報惡報,都無法使人脫離輪迴。我們今天所追求的是沒有輪迴的,是成佛的,所以以「沒有輪迴」,以「成佛」那樣高的標準來看人天的善業功德,這些善業功德在佛的面前都是虛假的。
但是,這樣的教理往往被人誤解,以為這樣我何必行善積德,好事就不用做了。其實不是這樣。我們在人間行善積德,不只是做人的本份,也是學佛的本份,應該隨緣隨分隨力的去做,只是要知道,這只是人天果報而已。
Namo Amituofo!
